Nothing

Nothing takes a premise that might have worked as a 10-minute short film, and expands it to an hour and a half. Two idiotic friends (played by David Hewlett and Andrew Miller) successfully wish away the world, and find themselves in an endless white void – with their house the only remaining element of civilization. Director Vincenzo Natali – whose debut film was the inventive and intriguing Cube – is clearly having some fun here, with his only goal presumably to make as ridiculous and outrageous a film as he possible could. And, in that respect, he’s succeeded – but Nothing‘s premise is so slight and the two central characters are so unlikeable, the movie winds up becoming dull awfully fast. The screenplay (written by Natali and Miller) is geared towards a very specific sense of humor (think The Three Stooges), so it’s the sort of thing where you either go with it or you don’t. I didn’t.

*1/2 out of ****